Släkthistoria för Relton
Relton Vad efternamn betyder
perhaps from Wrelton (NR Yorks) which is recorded as Wereltun in 1086 and Wrelton in 128 The origin of the place-name is uncertain but it may derive from Old English wearg ‘felon’ + hyll ‘hill’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. There is a significant gap in the record between the medieval surname evidence and the modern and Relton and Wrelton in 17th-century Yorks and Northumb could instead be variants of the unexplained Railton influenced by the NR Yorks place-name.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
